Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-12
POCATELLO MISCELLANY.

N'i9' Nh"iiNS Alche ID lying qulbe
III at her residence in this city.
Mrs. ID. Hughes, mother of Hon. p.
Il. Hughes, has arrived from Omaha.
The shopmen are organizing So
cial club.
Col. Campbell has gone to Black
foot on court business.
Mr., and Mrs. j. S. Hickey left for
Denver last Tuesday evening.
Fred Holbrook expects TO leave for
Omaha about the 18th of this month.
Will Keeny is slowly recovering
from his recent severe illness.
Rev Stull will preach in the school
house next Sunday evening at the
usual hour.
Mr.. Charles Skipper has moved his
house up from the river, and is now
located on the back row.
Mrs. w. Waterman is acting as
cashier at the Keeney House during
Mr. Masenhemers absence.
Mr. j. Smith, father of j. Ed Smith,
passed through here last Saturday on
his way from Omaha to Eagle Rock.
Mrs. Il. 0's1elvany arrived from
Colorado the past week and went south
with her father, j. NJ Masenhemer.
The school supplies for which the
teachers collected money some time
ago have arrived, and are a valuable
acquisition TO the school room.
Y. j. Freeman, who was sent from
here as delegate to the Locomotive
Engineers Convention at Chicago, re
turned home last Tuesday.
The Youngest child Of w. T. Davis
came very near drowning a few days
ago by falling into tub Of water, but
was fortunately rescued.
Following is the Pocatello school
report for the past month:
Number pupils enrolled. =. 80
Daily average attendance. 69s
/ Percent OF scholarship. 81
A stranger passed through town
several days ago with grip bearing
the following tag-"Senator w. IL B.
Crow, Washington, ID. {" II any one
has lost Senator they can have him
back by paying for this 'ad.'
Preparations are being made pre-
liminary to moving the eleven com
pany dwelling houses from EaglS
Rock 10 Pocatello. Mr. j. o. Mccart
has the contract for moving them.
Our old acquaintcnccs, p. VI. Collins
J and family, stopped over last Sunda.
, TO call on their many friends. They
were bound for Helena, where Pet
viii manipulate the wires in the inter
est Of the Montana Central Railway.
MFR. John Hunter, for many year
: an employc Of the Union Pacific road
, and for the past four years agent q
} Pocatello, has resigned TO accept tn
more lucrative position OF Superir
tendcnt OF the Idaho Central railway
with headquarters at Boise City. MI
: J. r. Hassett, late chief clerk in th
/ Supt's office, succeeds Mr. Hunter.
$ The two sportsmen, Judge Fishe
) and AL. Frantz, went ON deer bur
Sunday and returned Tuesday cvenin
with three deer. As they had an e.
9 pericnced Indian guide with them n
< one need be greatly surprised at the
G luck. Their respective noses were e.
G tensively infamcd, and a bottle
n snake bite that they carried along wa
}. very dry. They were much elate
over the result Of their trip as migl
be expected.
o A meeting OF the school trustc'
d and board OF control of the scho,
p building, was called by Superinte
!. dent Ressequie last Thursday evenir
= for the purpose of getting a thoroue
N understanding regarding the existir
S, contract with the railroad compan
J" and also TO devise some plan by Whit
&c the present inadequate school roo
ID facilities could be improved. Mr.,
d Hunter, rs chairman of the board
ID control. gave full history of Il
n agreement with the company at Q
ir time the building was erected, sho
ar ing that all the rental collected for Z
- upper story which is used for lod
nc purposes, had been required to pay
* the indebtedness of the old scho
he which is not even now entirely liql
k. dated. but said he was in hopes tn
he by January lst, 1888, the old dc
rt hanging over the school would
81 paid and that all money collected
ut rents thereafter would be used for {
IL benefit OF the new school. In view
In the above facts it was finally agre
,ir that the only way to enlarge the scht
nix would be to build one story additi
to 10 the rear of the school house, q
the money necessary for this purpt
had TO be raised by subscription. \
Ressequie offered, in behalf of
railroad company, TO have buildi
list material hauled over the road free.
ay' subscription paper was then speed
!. drawn up and some $3.50 snbscrib
nv ,Ss AS il will cost in the neighborhood
ry. $3.50 to make the necessary impro
scd ments, the citizens, one and all,
aha invited to contribute to this wor'
cause As the present school 70
thy 49, soot;no canacity of about n